Burlingham, Charles
Culp. Papers, 1876-1960: Finding Aid.

Repository: Harvard Law School
Library, Harvard UniversityLocation: Harvard DepositoryCall No.: HOLLIS 601600Creator: Burlingham, Charles CulpTitle: Papers,
1876-1960Quantity: 22 boxes and 1 Paige
boxAbstract: Papers relating
to Charles C. Burlingham's personal and professional affairs,
cultural affairs in New York City, efforts on behalf of civic and
judicial reform, alumni activities with Harvard College and Columbia
University Law School, espousal of civil liberties causes, and work
on behalf of the Episcopal Church.

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the rules and regulations of the Harvard Law School Library. This
collection is open to the public, but is housed off-site at Harvard
Depository and requires 2 business-day advance notice for retrieval.
Consult the Special Collections staff for further information.

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The 8,500 items in the Papers of Charles Culp
Burlingham (1858-1959), attorney, civic leader, reformer, span the
years 1876 to 1960, with the bulk of the Papers falling into the
1920-1958 period. The collection consists mainly of correspondence.
In addition it includes reports, government documents, drafts and
printed copies-of writings and speeches, genealogies, scrapbooks,
newspaper clippings, photo-clippings, printed items and photos. The
Papers of Charles C. Burlingham reflect his capacity for close and
enduring friendships, his keen, lifelong interest in the cultural
affairs of New York City, his indefatigable efforts on behalf of
civic and judicial reform, his loyalty to his two Alma Maters Harvard
College and Columbia University, his leadership in his profession,
his espousal of civil liberties causes, his dedication to the welfare
of his Church and its outreach.

Charles C. Burlingham retained
papers for the following organizations in which he held office,
journalistic endeavors in which he participated, and civic and
church-related movements and affairs in which he served as driving
force or critic:

Association of the Bar of the City
of New York, 1927-1958

Berkeley Divinity School, New
Haven, Connecticut, 1920-1959

Christianity and Crisis (a
journal), 1941-1950

The Episcopal Church,
1921-1959

The preservation of Fort Clinton, N.Y.,
1942-1958

The Fusion Campaigns of 1933 and 1937 in New
York City

Harvard Alumni Association, 1933-1953

Harvard Fund Council, 1932-1952

Harvard Research
in International Law, 1930-1941

New York State
Judiciary, 1922-1959

National Child Labor Committee,
1935, 1937

New York City Board of Education,
1895-1942

Sacco-Vanzetti case, 1927-1929

St. George's Church, New York City, 1920-1959

U.S.
Supreme Court Bill, 1937

Washington Square, New York
City, 1949-1958

Welfare Council of New York City,
1931-1952

World Court, 1939-1946

There
is a small group of biographical-genealogical material relating to
Burlingham and his family. It includes chapters of an unfinished
autobiography of Charles C. Burlingham and thirty-one of his
diaries/appointment books covering the years 1928-1959.

Member:
New York State bar associations; New York County Law Association;
American Law Institute; International Law Association; Maritime Law
Association of the United States; Comite Maritime
International

1929-1931

President of Association of the Bar of the City of New
York

Various Dates: Board
member and president at: New York (City) Board of Education; Welfare
Council of New York City; Harvard Alumni Association; Columbia Law
School Alumni Association. Warden, St. George's Episcopal Church, New
York City.

1943-1949

Author
of pamphlets and memorials such as: James Byrne, 1857-1942.

1942

Nomination of John Purroy Mitchel for Mayor of the
City of New York in 1913. Nomination of Fiorello H. LaGuardia for
Mayor of the City of New York in 1933. Joe Evans, 1857-1898.
Harrington Putnam [prepared for the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of
New York] Van Vechten Veeder (with Augustus N. Hand) [prepared for
the Ass'n. of the Bar of the City of New York]

The following catalog entries represent persons, organizations,
and topics documented in this collection. An entry for each appears
in the Harvard On Line Library Information System (HOLLIS) and other
automated bibliographic databases. THIS IS NOT AN INDEX.

Correspondence re: the Ives-Quinn Anti-discrimination Bill in the
N.Y. Legislature. CCB wrote a letter to the N.Y. Times. Correspondence re: that
letter, and newspaper clippings. Also includes bills from the
New Jersey Senate and Assembly and the
U.S. House of Representatives Appellate Division.
Special Calendar Committee.

Letter of 21 July 1947 is a marvelous verbal sketch by CCB of the
Ratcliffes.

2-1 to 2-2 Burlingham, Aaron Hale

Father of CCB who died in 1905; includes genealogical material,
mimeogr. copy of "Memorial" to AHB.

2-1 ?-1905

2-2 1937-1944, 1959

2-3 Burlingham, Louisa Lawrence, 1937

Items re: death and memorial service of CCB's wife (lived
1863-1937).

2-4 Burlingham, Robert (Dr.).

Son of CCB, died in 1938. Items relating to RB and his family.

2-5 Burlingham family: other members

2-6 Burlingham, Hupper and Kennedy,
1901, 1941-1959

This was name of CCB's law firm at time of his death.
Non-confidential corr. with firm members, also members of earlier firm (B.,
Veeder, Clark and Hupper).

2-7 Butler, Nicholas Murray,
1920-1946

Butler was President of
Columbia University.

2-8 Byrne, James C., 1919-1942

N.Y. attorney, close friend of CCB. Byrne died in 1942.

2-9 to 2-10 B-Miscellany

2-9

Baldwin, Henry de Forest

Barker, Hanley Granville

Baxter, James Phinney

Beardsley, Humbert

Beardsley, Ten Eyck

Beavor-Webb, J.

Bellows, George

Berenson, Bernard

Berlingieri, Francesco, (Professor)

Binger, Carl Alfred Lanning, (Dr.)

Birkett, Norman Birkett, Baron

Blake, Warren

Blunt, Katharine

Bninski, Case

Bond, Carroll T.

Bowles, Chester

2-10

Brannan, John W. (Dr.)

Bromley, Bruce

Brown, John Mason

Brown, Philip M.

Bruere, Henry

Bryan, T.

Bullitt, Wm. Marshall

Bundy, McGeorge

Burling, John L.

Burlingame, Roger

Burr, Tucker

2-11 Campaign, Municipal,
1941

N.Y. Times clippings re: Hogan and Isaacs, candidates. Includes
transcripts of meetings of the
Citizen's Non-Partisan Committee.

2-12 Campaigns other than 1941 campaign
1909-1957

Includes material of both local and national elections, one N.Y.
Times clipping, 23 June 1953. For Herald Tribune photo-clipping of 7 January
1934. See "Over-size material."

2-13 Cardozo, Benjamin N.

Mainly items re: BNC. CCB-BNC corr. sent to Prof.
Andrew L. Kaufman of
Harvard Law School, biographer of BNC, in 1950's
by
Joseph Rauh. Includes letters of A.L.
Kaufman.

2-14 Cassels, Edwin,
1941-1942, 1946-1947

2-15 Chanler, William C., 1939-1953

2-16 Chien, Taun-Sheng (Dr.),
1939-1941, 1943, 1955-1956

Dr. Chien was Dean of the
National Peking University School of Law. Corr.
primarily concerning WWII.

2-17 Christianity and Crisis,
1941-1950

CCB was a sponsor of the journal. Includes corr. with Reinhold
Niebahr, chairman of the editorial board.

2-18 Clark, Grenville,
1939-1957

2-19 Cohen, Benjamin V., 1938-1958

3-1 to 3-2 Columbia University in the City of New
York

3-1 General correspondence,
1904, 1921-1958

1904 item is typed MS of a lecture of CCB, delivered March 25, 1904
at
Columbia University, in a series of lectures on
"The Practical Problems of Municipal Administration"; CCB dealt
with problems
in the
Department of Education in the City of New York.
Includes program and topics of all nine of these
lectures.

3-2 Corr. re: CCB's LL.D. degree,
1933

3-3 Curtis, Charles P.
1946-1958

3-4 to 3-5 C - Miscellany

3-4

Cabot, Mrs. Richard

Candler, Chris

Carlin, William P.

Catholic Charities Office

Catlin, George

Century Club, N.Y.C.

Chafee, Zechariah, Jr. (xerox copy)

Chapman, R.W.

Citizen's Non-partisan committee

City Club

Civil Service Reform Assoc. (CCB a
vice-president)

3-5

Clark, Charles E.

Cobden-Sanderson

Cohn, Alfred E.

Colby, Bainbridge

Community Church of New York

Community Service Society of New York

Cook, Alfred

Cortissoz, Royal

Coudert Brothers

Council of Foreign Affairs

Crane, Charles R.

Cravath, Paul D.

Cromwell, William Nelson

Cumberlege (English friend of CCB)

Curtis, Lionel

Cutler, Elliott

3-6 Davis, John W., 1924-1949

3-7 Delano, William Adams,
1938-1959

Includes comments on Ruth Draper after her death; she had been a
close friend of Delano and CCB.

3-12 Eisenhower, Dwight D., President of the United
States,
June 17, 1953

re: Rosenberg case; August 28, 1957. Birthday card from DDE to
CCB

3-13 to 4-1 Episcopal Church, 1921-1959

3-13 1921-1943

3-14 1944-1946

3-15 1947-1949

4-1 1950-1959

4-2 Evans, Joe

re:
Joe Evans, incl. CCB's memorial sketch (1949)

4-3 E-Miscellany

Eastman, Max

Einstein, Albert, June 8, 1940

Eisler, Armand (Dr.)

Elliot, Grace

Elsberg, Nathaniel A.

Emerson, George H.

Evatt, Herbert Vere

4-4 to 4-5 Flexner, Abraham,
1917-1959

4-4 1917-1955

4-5 1956-1959 (The bulk of the corr. is from
1957-1959).

4-6 Flexner, Bernard, 1938-1944

4-7 Fort Clinton, N.Y., 1942, 1944-1949, 1958

Corr. concerning the efforts of CCB and others to preserve this
landmark. Incl. newspaper clippings.

4-8 to 5-17 Frankfurter, Felix,
1924-1959

4-8 1924-1928

4-9 1929-1931

4-10 1932

4-11 1933

4-12 1934

4-13 1935

4-14 1936

4-15 1937

4-16 1938

5-1 1939

5-2 1940 - May, 1941

5-3 June, 1941 - December, 1941

5-4 1942 - March, 1943

5-5 April, 1943-1944

5-6 1945-May, 1946

5-7 June, 1946-1947

5-8 1948-July, 1949

5-9 October, 1949-1950

5-10 1951

5-11 1952

5-12 1953

5-13 1954

5-14 1955

5-15 1956

5-16 1957

5-17 1958-1959

5-18 to 6-2 Fusion Campaign,
1933

CCB was chairman of the
City Fusion Party's Harmony committee, and later
Chairman of the Campaign committee. Corr. re: the making up of
the ticket,
obtaining funds, and congratulations after the successful
campaign of LaGuardia
for Mayor of N.Y.C.

(Garrison was Dean of the
University of Wisconsin Law School. He also served
on the
National War Labor Board during WWII and
later as
a N.Y. Attorney in private practice.)

6-5 1931-1943

6-6 1944-1959

6-7 Goodhart, Arthur L.,
1939-1952

(Editor of the
Law Quarterly Review University College, Oxford, England; member of faculty of University
College)

6-8 Greene, Jerome D., 1946-1956

6-9 G-Miscellany

Gannet, Lewis

Garfield, Harry Augustus

Garner, James Wilford

Gerard, James Watson

Gilbert, (Bishop)

Gilchrist, Alexander Jr. (clipping written by
CCB)

Greenbaum, Edward

Gunther, Gerald (incomplete note, p. 1 and 2 missing)

6-10 Hale, Richard Walden, 1941, 1942

6-11 Hamilton, Alice, 1951-1959

(M.D., authority on lead poisoning Assis't. prof. Harvard,
1919-1935.

Includes letter to CCB's son Charles from Sicherman, Barbara, January
21, 1975, who wanted to use the letters for research on Hamilton biography. He
replied in affirmative, January 23, 1975. Discussion of cases during McCarthy
hearings, Dean Acheson foreign policy.

Corr. re: persons who were suggested to receive honorary degrees
from
Harvard. Some corr. with
Bundy, McGeorge.

7-8 Harvard University, LL.D.,
1934

Letters of congratulation on CCB's honorary degree, conferred June
21, 1934. Includes several newspaper clippings. Also includes
letter from Pres.
Conant notifying CCB of Harvard's intention to confer the
degree.

7-9 to 8-2 Harvard Research in International Law 1930, 1934-1941

7-9 1930, 1934 - February 1, 1937

7-10 February 8, 1937 - December 1, 1937

7-11 December 1, 1937

8-1 December 14, 1937 - February 1, 1938

8-2 February 8, 1938 - February 1, 1941

CCB served on the
Advisory Committee and as chairman of the
Advisory Committee. Includes bound drafts on
"Neutrality", "Rights and Duties of Neutral States in Aerial War"
and "Rights
and Duties of States in Aggressive War", and "Rights and Duties of
States in
Aerial War."

Includes corr. with

Hudson, Manley Ottmer.

Wilson, George Grafton.

Jessup, Philip C.

Lewis, William Draper.

8-3 Harvard Tercentenary, 1935-1936

Corr. re: the 300th Anniversary Fund

8-4 to 8-5 Herrick, Elinore M., 1939-1959

8-4 1939-1951

8-5 1951-1959

[Many of the letters were undated, making it difficult to put them
into chron. order.] Herrick a labor arbiter with
Todd Shipyards Corp. in N.Y.C. during war.
Personal friend of CCB, retired near
Hanover, N.H.

Isaacs was the President of the Borough of Manhattan. Includes corr.
re: Isaacs' hiring of
S.W. Gerson, a member of the
Communist Party, for a city job. Also includes
corr. from Mr. Isaacs' files, sent to
Samuel C. Coleman in 1960 for use in a
biography
of CCB

10-6 Jackson, Robert H.,
1938-1947

U.S. Solicitor General and subsequently U.S. Attorney General

10-7 James, Henry, 1941-1947

10-8 James, William, 1940-1957

10-9 Jay, John, Chief Justice of the U.S.

Re: matter of hon. degree conferred to
John Jay in England or
Ireland.

Includes carbon of poem by
Justice Douglas, William O., in form of dialogue
between himself and
Thomas Reed Powell who was one of his teachers at
Columbia Law School (dated June 10, 1939). Mainly
corr. with members of the
Federal Judiciary such as:

Mayer, Julius W.

Biddle, Francis

Brownell, Herbert

Warren, Earl

Clark, Charles E.

10-14 to 10-16 Judiciary, State,
1922-1959

Includes clippings re: N.Y.C. magistrates, 1930, some copies of
papers read and memoranda by others than CCB

Corr. re: 1933 election; concerns during La Guardia's years in
office; his final illness, and, after his death, the
La Guardia Memorial Association.

11-12 Lamont, Thomas W., 1919-1953

Lamont was a friend from Harvard. Folder includes corr. with Lamont's
son
Thomas S. Lamont, after the father's death in
1948.

[Note: The Thomas W. Lamont papers are at the
Baker Library of the Harvard Business School]

12-1 to 12-2 Lane, Robert P., 1936-1952

2 folders.

12-1 1936-1940

12-2 1941-1952, Executive Director,
Welfare Council of N.Y.C.

CCB an Honorary Vice-President of the Council. Corr. with Lane's
son,
Robert E. Lane, is interfiled.

12-3 LeChartier, G.,
1916-1948

Professor at Louvain,-France. Writer, affiliated with Le Petit
Parisien and Le Journal des Debats. Very knowledgeable in American Politics.
His letters to CCB are in French, CCB's replies are in English (one reply in
French, October 20, 1941). Includes a letter from LeChartier's son,
B. LeChartier, 1945.

12-4 Lehman, Herbert H.,
1930-1959

Governor of the State of New York. U.S. Senator from New York.
Brother of Irving Lehman, Judge
N.Y. State Court of Appeals. Incl. letter from
Edith A. Lehman (Lehman, Herbert H.,
Mrs.)

12-5 Lehman, Irving,
1934-1946

Judge,
New York State Court of Appeals. Brother of
Herbert H. Lehman. Includes a note from Mrs. Lehman.

CCB chairman,
National Non-Partisan Committee for Ratification of
Federal
Child Labor Amendment. Article by CCB, "The Need for a
Federal Child
Labor Amendment" reprinted from American Bar Assn. Journal, April
1935. The
American Child, May 1935, with quotation from CCB. Report to the
Board of
Trustees, N.C.L.C., Jan. 22, 1937.

13-9 New York City.
Board of Education, 1895-1942

CCB was a Trustee of Common Schools from 1895-1900, member of the
N.Y.C. School Board from 1901-1903, President of the
Board of Education in 1902, and a member of
the
Board from 1903-1908. Includes letters of regret upon his
resignation as
President of the Board.

Corr. relating to various people considered for positions on the
Planning Comm. Later letters consider questions of city planning
such as the
demolition of old neighborhoods and erection of skyscrapers.

Includes corr. with Justices Dowling, Finch, and Shientag of the
N.Y. State Supreme Court and Justice LaFetra
of
the
City Court of N.Y.C.

13-13 The New York Times,
1933-1955

13-14 to 13-15 Velimirovich, Nicholaj (Bishop), 1921-1956

13-14 1921-1946

13-15 1947-1956,

Born Dec. 23, 1880. B.A.
University of Belgrade, D.D. Bern University, studied also in Germany
and
Moscow. Honorary degrees from Glasgow, Oxford and Columbia. Went
to Oxford in
1915 as chaplain to Serbian students. Imprisoned for 4 yrs. during
WWII; spent
2 yrs. in Dachau. After WWII lived in the U.S. and worked with
European
Refugees. Died March 18, 1956. Corr. with CCB concerning world
affairs,
religion, etc. Copy of letter from the Archbishop of Canterbury to
Bishop
Nicholai re: displaced persons, Jan. 28, 1947. Includes official
papers
concerning Bishop, Nicholai's visa to stay in the United States,
1946. After
Bishop Nicholai's death, corr. mainly between CCB and
George Radin.

13-16 Niebuhr, Reinhold,
1944-1958,

Corr. with Reinhold Niebuhr and his wife,
Reinhold, Ursula M.

13-17 N-Miscellany

The Nation

New York Association for Improving the Condition of the
Poor

New York City Affairs Committee

New York Community Trust

New York Law Journal

14-1 O'Brian, John Lord,
1926-1959

Member of
Buffalo, N.Y., law firm. Counsel for
War Production Board, WWII. Member of Washington,
D.C. law firm.

14-2 Ordway, Samuel H. (Jr.), 1939-1947

Incl. copy of letter from President Roosevelt to Ordway upon his
resignation as Civil Service Commissioner, May 20, 1939. Also incl. corr.
between CCB and Dean Acheson re: a possible United Nations job for Ordway.

14-3 O-Miscellany

O'Dell, Benjamin B. (Governor)

Ogden, Rollo

O'Brien, John F., Judge, N.Y. (State) Court of Appeals

14-4 Perkins, Frances, Secretary of Labor of the U.S.,
1939-1953

14-5 Platt, Eleanor (Mrs. Charles A.), 1940-1953

14-6 Platt, Eleanor Flavin, 1942-1958

Sculptress; addresses CCB as "Uncle Charles". CCB helped
Eleanor Platt get commissions for portrait busts.
Some of the letters are undated.

14-7 Pope, Arthur Upham, 1938-1957

14-8 P-Miscellany

Parker, Franklin Ellsworth

Parsons, Geoffrey

Patterson, Robert Porter

Pecher, Jean

Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

Pepper, George Wharton

Pickett, Clarence

Pierce, Mrs. Henry H.

Platt, William

Pole, Reginald

Polk, Frank L.

Powell, Wilson M.

Pritchett, Henry S.

Putnam, Harrington

14-9 Rand, Kenneth, 1939-1942

14-10 to 15-10 Ratcliffe, S.K., 1925-1958

14-10 1925-Aug. 1940

14-11 Sept. 1940 - Feb. 1942

14-12 March 1942 - Aug. 1942

14-13 Sept. 1942 - May 1943

14-14 June 1943 - March 1944

14-15 April 1944 - Dec. 1944

14-16 1945

14-17 1946

14-18 1947

15-1 Jan. 1948 - June 1948

15-2 July 1948 - March 1949

15-3 April 1949 - Oct. 1949

15-4 Nov. 1949 - Oct. 1950

15-5 Nov. 1950 - Oct. 1951

15-6 Nov. 1951 - July 1952

15-7 Aug. 1952 - Oct. 1953

15-8 Nov. 1953 - 1955

15-9 1956 - June 1958

15-10 fragments and undated

S.K.R. was in the U.S. in 1918 and again from Oct. 1939 to Oct.
1942. During this time he lectured in various cities across the country,
writing to CCB while on tour. His "home base" was N.Y.C. His letters after his
return to England in 1942 describe the effects of WWII on Britain. Later corr.
ranges widely over a number of political and personal topics. Incl. many
letters from Katie Ratcliffe (Mrs. S.K.). Towards the end of his life S.K. was
unable to write and Katie maintained the corr. Also incl. letters from
Ratcliffe's daughter, Margaret.

15-11 to 15-12 Redlich, Josef
1921-1950

15-11 1921-1925

15-12 1926-1950

Professor of Law,
University of Vienna. 1925 joined HLS as Prof. of
Comparative Public Law 1930 elected deputy-judge of the
Permanent Court of International Justice.
Died
1936. Inc. a joint tribute to Redlich by
Felix
Frankfurter and CCB, reprinted from the Harvard Law Review,
1937.

15-13 Reeves, Jesse S., 1937-1941

Prof. Reeves was on the faculty of the Dept. of Political Science,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

CCB became vestryman in
1914. He was elected Junior Warden in
1934, and became Senior Warden in
1936. Corr. re: staff members, physical upkeep of church,
vestry meetings, outreach programs, etc.

17-4 Salvemini, Gaetano, Historian and scientist,
1927-1957

Prof. of History,
University of Florence. Deputy in Parliament.
Lecturer on history of Italian civilization at
Harvard U., lectureship endowed by Ruth
Draper.
Retired 1948, became an American citizen, 1940; died 4 Sept.,
1957. Included is
some corr. of Salvemini's friend
Roberto Bolaffio.

17-5 Schmiderer, Simon,
1942,

Corr. re: the naturalization of CCB's grandson-in-law.

17-6 Seabury, Samuel
1937-1954

Seabury was a N.Y.C. attorney, and one of CCB's fellow members and
co-worker in the
Fusion Party.

17-7 Sedgwick, Ellery,
1929-1958,

Editor, The Atlantic Monthly.

17-8 Sedgwick, Henry D.,
1922-1957,

Lawyer and writer. Brother of Ellery Sedgwick. Includes letters from
Sedgwick's wife and children after his death in
1957.

Italian. Minister to China, Ambassador to France, Foreign Secretary,
Senator; lectured in U.S.

17-11 Simon, John A. (Sir John),
1907-1953,

Member of
British Parliament.

17-12 to 17-13 Stimson, Henry Lewis,
1911-1951

17-12 1911-1943

17-13 1944-1951,

Secretary of War. Governor General of Philippines. U.S. Secretary of
State. Died
1950.

17-14 Stone, Harlan Fiske,
1924-1947,

Chief Justice of the U.S. Includes some corr. re: Justice Stone after
his death.

17-15 S-Miscellany

Sadler, M.E.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Sanger, Margaret

Santayana

Sassoon, Siegfried

Saturday Club

Schieffelin, William Jay

Scott, Leslie

Sears, Charles

Shapley, Harlan

Shearn, Clarence J.

Sheintag, Bernard L.

Shipler,

Simes, William

Smith, Edwin

Spence, Kenneth

Stearns, Carl G.

Stehle, Marie

Stendall,

Stephan, Case, re:

Stephan, Max, re:

Stillman, Lisa

Stillman, William, re:

Stokes, Newton

Storey, Moorfield

Strauss, Nathan

Strauss, Percy S.

Swope, Herbert Bayard

U.S. Supreme Court, re:

17-16 Taber, Robert, re:,
1898, 1947,

American actor, lived in England for a number of years. Included is a
carbon set of journal letters of
Robert Taber addressed to
Joe Evans in 1898, (Jan. 10-Apr. 2). Brief biogr.
sketch of
Robert Taber

18-1 Taft, Henry W., 1930-1942

Brother of
William Howard Taft, President of the U.S. and
Chief Justice of the U.S.
Henry W. Taft was a N.Y.C. attorney.

18-2 Taft, William H., 1919-1929

President of the U.S., 1909-1913. Chief Justice of the U.S.,
1921-1930. Consists mainly of letters written while Taft was Chief Justice.

18-3 Taussig, F.W.,
1921-1959

Harvard class of '79, classmate of CCB. Professor of Economics,
Harvard University. Some letters undated. Includes
letters of
Dr. Helen B. Taussig, daughter of Prof.
Frank W.
Taussig; most of these undated.

May 30th 1959 - re: honorary degree for Helen Taussig from
Harvard.

18-4 Thacher, Thomas D.,
1930-1963

Solicitor-General of the U.S. Includes a letter to Thacher's son,
Thomas, April 13, 1953.

The Silver Oar was the mace of the
Vice-Admiralty Court of the Province of N.Y.
until Court was dissolved by the Revolution in 1775. Corr.
re:
efforts to purchase the oar and present it to the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of
N.Y.

18-13 U S. Supreme Court Bill, 1937

The so-called "court-packing" plan of FDR. Includes speeches,
letters
to editor of N.Y.T. by CCB; also two related 1947 items.

18-14 U.S. War Department, 1945, 1946

Corr. re: U.S. Army Hospital Ship "St. Michiel", "repatriation" of
the bodies of soldiers killed in WWII.

18-15 U-V Miscellany

Untermyer, Samuel

Valentine, Allan

Van Doren, Carl

Van Doren, Mark

Viereck, George Sylvester

19-1 Veeder, Van Vechten,
1922-1957,

Judge, U.S. District Court (E.D.N.Y.). Most of VVV's letters
undated.

19-2 Villard, Oswald Garrison,
1920-1948,

Editor of The Nation. Includes a letter from Garrison to Felix
Frankfurter.

19-3 Ward, Henry Galbraith, 1922-1925,

Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit).

19-4 to 19-5 re: Washington Square, N.Y.C.,
1949-1958

19-4 1949

19-5 1950-1958

Corr. re: the efforts of CCB and others to preserve the historic
Rhinelander building, and to prevent the building of a tall apartment house on
the Square. Also includes corr. re: the closing of Washington Square to
traffic.

19-6 Welfare Council of New York City, 1931-1952,

CCB served as President of the Welfare Council. Includes articles
by
CCB.

19-7 Welling, Richard,
1923-1948

Graduate, H.L.S. Lawyer and Educator. Chairman,
National Self Government Committee (CCB was
associate council). Incl. a note from Welling's sister to CCB,
and one from CCB
to Miss Welling; also a few items after Welling's death.

19-8 Wickersham, George W.,
1924-1957

N.Y. Attorney. Attorney General of the U.S. Includes a memorial to
Wickersham by CCB, in the U.S. Law Review, Feb.
1936, also a letter from CCB to
Cornelius Wickersham (son of George W. Wickersham
),
March 28, 1956.

19-9 Wieram, Otto C., 1929-1950

N.Y.C. attorney. Many of Wieram's letters undated.

19-10 Windels, Paul,
1938-1958,

N.Y.C. attorney. Corr. re: N.Y.C. affairs.

19-11 to 19-12 World Court, 1939-1946

19-11 General matters,
1939-1944

19-12 re: Hudson, Manley Ottmer,
1946

19-13 Wyzanski, Charles E., Jr.,
1934-1959,

Judge, U.S. District Ct. (Massachusetts). For letters of CCB to Judge
Wyzanski, see Wyzanski Papers in the MS Division of the H.L.S. Library.

19-14 to 19-15 W-Miscellany

19-14

Waite, Morison

Warburg, Felix M.

Ward, Alden

Ward, Judge

Wardwell, Allen

Warren, Charles

Warren, Earl, Chief Justice of the U.S.

Washington University

Watson, Archibald R.

Webster, Beth

Webster, C.

Wehle, Louis

Well, Frederic DeWitt

Wertham, Dr.

19-15

Whalen, Frank D.

Whitney, George

Whitney, William Dwight

White, Joseph C.

Whitehead,

Willcox, Westmore, Jr.

Williams, George Weems

Wing (B.V.?)

Winthrop, Bronson

Wise, Stephen Samuel

World Telegram

Wright, Lord

19-16 Yale University School of Law, 1928-1939

Series 2: Biographical and Other Miscellany

20-6 to 20-8 Clippings,
1920's to 1950's

Loose clippings re: CCB and letters-to-the-editor by CCB. Small
number of book reviews by CCB; 3 photos. (transferred to Art. Coll.
11/16/1988)

20-9 to 20-12 Genealogical:
Burlingham family and others

20-9 Corr. re: Burlingham genealogy and biogr. misc. re:
ancestors.;

20-10 Corr. re:
Starr family, particularly re:
Dr. Comfort Starr.

20-11 Misc. items re:
Starr family and
Starr Family Association, some printed.

20-12 Genealogical re:
Hoe family; includes biogr. sketches of members of
the
Hoe family by CCB.

Letters received and carbons of letters sent, Corr. is of a personal
nature, with comments on national events, personalities in the news, their
mutual friends, and the judicial scene. For complete list of letters, see
Filing Cabinet in Curator's Office, Case File: Burlingham, C.C.:
Rauh Addenda.

22-4 Burlingham, Robert, 3rd
14 June 1955

Xerox copy of letter of CCB to his great-grandson on the occasion of
the great-grandson's 8th birthday. Typed letter signed.